Deliberationes - Gál Ferenc Hittudományi Főiskola

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everyday books and world literature – all these were missing). He established new papers
for the trade (Knihkupec…) and for the new Slovakian literature (Skolsky’ švet). After
leaving Eperjes, he founded the new publishing houses Komensky’ and Academia.
Molnar was independently unable to raise sufficient capital to realize all his plans
and entered into an alliance with Franklin Company. The new enterprise was named
Bibliotheca. The series that came out under the title Žatva bound together not only new
Slovakian writers, but also published translations of Hungarian authors. By the end of
the period and in cooperation with Kazinczy Company, they had assembled several
Slovensko Hungarian writers (Pál Szvatkó, Boris Palotai, etc.) under one umbrella. This
successful collaboration also published an Anthology of Slovakian Short Stories. We
should note however, that the most well-known Slovakian writers of the era also became
members the board of directors of Bibliotecha, from Jesensky’ to Tido Gaspar. It may
seem contradictory that their royalties were granted from Budapest; while the authors of
the Anthology of Slovakian Short Stories, which had been published in Budapest, were
paid by Jenő Molnár in Bratislava.
Apart from Bratislava, a small affiliated firm was established in Eperjes for the
publishing of Slovakian schoolbooks; followed by the Tátra Company in Košice that
published Hungarian books and periodicals. Tátra was also registered in Budapest, and
gained a special importance after 1938 through its international export of books.
Jenő Molnár was able to maintain Bibliotheca for a while and although it survived
throughout the Second World War, post war reconstruction legislation would ultimately
catch up and consume his beloved Bibliotheca.
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